Knights surf break

Knights surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 ACST
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Knights surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Knights sea temperature is
14.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Knights today?

The current surf forecast for Knights at 11PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)--
Evening (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Knights. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
2
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131316161514141414131312121211111111111212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2561236251895262402136323257290724742029172613331062748613536594573573636658597582585
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
1.12
11:51AM
1.13
12:44AM
0.62
12:10PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20PM
0.31
8:26PM
0.36
8:20PM
0.41
4:07AM
0.56
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:11-------6:09--
Sunset6:06-------6:07-------6:07-------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131211121213141512111211111720212117151413151717
Feels °C (?)765578101198987111416161412988109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Knights (light winds from the W at Mount Terrible Radar 28 km from Knights). 3.3m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 1.1m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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11 km/h
W
0.0
14.5
Air / Water (°C)
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